The aim of the project is to open up access to the ‘Culinary Heritage of the Cistercians’ to a broad public. The Cistercian order was founded in Burgundy (France) in 1098 and spread from there throughout Europe within a few decades. In addition to numerous monasteries, their typical landscapes have also been well or very well preserved to this day. Since 2019, 17 partners in five countries have been dedicated to this landscape heritage. Together, they form the transnational site ‘Cisterscapes – Cistercian Landscapes connecting Europe’, which was awarded the European Heritage Label (EHL) by the EU Commission in April 2024.

The idea for the ‘Culinary Heritage’ project was born within this network. The Paris-London University of Salzburg (Department of History, Department of Gastrosophy) was already won over as a renowned research institution in 2020.

As part of the project, original recipes will be researched and publicised in their modern form, for example as part of lectures and cookery events for schools. They will also be accessible free of charge via the university’s recipe database.

Using 3D visualisations of selected interior spaces, such as the monastery kitchen and dining room, the aim is to convey life in the monastery as ‘real’ as possible using AR glasses. This tool and other educational material will be used at various information events, but above all in educational institutions.

A creative approach to the culinary heritage is of central importance to us, as is the networking of organisations at European level and the use of local resources.

At the same time, the project results will be publicised through cooperation with the public so that the topic of ‘culinary heritage’ can become established in the long term.

Coordinator (CZ): MAS Rozkvet krejcickova@masrozkvet.cz

Beneficiary/Partner (AT): Paris Lodron University of Salzburg Michael.Brauer@plus.ac.at

Beneficiary/Partner (DE): Bamberg district Thea.Schellakowsky-Weinsheimer@lra-ba.bayern.de

Fb: @cistercianlandscape, @cisterciackekrajiny